Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a) The Company held its annual meeting of shareholders (the "Annual Meeting")
on
(b) There were 428,024,973 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, of which 345,516,436 shares were present remotely or by proxy. Shareholders voted on the following matters at the Annual Meeting:
1. Election of eleven directors. The results of the election of the eleven nominees for director are indicated below.
Broker Nominee Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Non-Votes John P. Barnes 273,596,076 16,705,350 1,213,639 54,001,371 Collin P. Baron 273,656,146 16,462,073 1,396,846 54,001,371 George P. Carter 153,868,639 136,486,002 1,160,424 54,001,371 Jane Chwick 214,308,946 75,778,667 1,427,452 54,001,371 William F. Cruger, Jr. 276,944,791 12,976,173 1,594,101 54,001,371 John K. Dwight 278,866,907 11,026,405 1,621,753 54,001,371 Jerry Franklin 227,373,446 62,698,334 1,443,285 54,001,371 Janet M. Hansen 229,982,904 60,147,058 1,385,103 54,001,371 Nancy McAllister 284,657,728 5,320,159 1,537,178 54,001,371 Mark W. Richards 275,114,040 14,777,618 1,623,407 54,001,371 Kirk W. Walters 274,801,148 15,370,453 1,343,464 54,001,371
2. Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement. Holders of a majority of the Company's shares present remotely or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting gave advisory approval of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement. 252,956,463 votes were cast for the proposal; 33,944,338 votes were cast against the proposal; and 4,614,264 shares abstained from voting on the proposal. There were 54,001,371 broker non-votes with respect to the proposal.
3. Ratification of appointment of
(c) Not applicable. 2
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